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Dates
The Summer Paralympics 2012 starts here in Great Britain on Wednesday 29th August and ends on the 9th September 2012. Many of the venues will the same as those for the Olympic Games whilst some will be adapted for specialist Paralympic sports.

Opening and Closing CeremoniesMore details to follow, Coldplay are booked for the closing ceremony ...

Re: Paralympics 2012, 29/8 - 9/9: Information, News and General chat

The Paralympics are taking a different approach to their flame lighting to involve the 4 parts of Great Britain. Starting on mountain tops the flames will then be transported to the 4 major cities.

Four separate teams are scaling the highest peaks of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to create the Paralympic flames. The teams are made up of scouts, mountain guides and people with disabilities, and are expected to take about four hours to reach the peaks.

Once at the summits of Scafell Pike, Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Slieve Donard, they will strike flint against steel to spark fire. The flames will then be carried down in lanterns ahead of celebrations in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
Each city has a Festival planned to celebrate the Paralympians who will also light 'cauldrons' :-

Over the 24hrs the Paralympic flame will be carried 92 miles by 580 torchbearers, working in teams of five, from Stoke Mandeville Stadium through Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and all six of London's host boroughs to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

The Paralympic Games opening ceremony takes place on Wednesday 29 August.

Re: Paralympics 2012, 29/8 - 9/9: Information, News and General chat

The Paralympics Flame began its' run to London yesterday.
More details here on the BBC website.

Thousands of people have turned out to welcome the Paralympic flame which is en route to the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Games.

Crowds have lined the route of the 24-hour torch relay which began in Stoke Mandeville on Tuesday night. The flame arrived in north London almost two hours late but organisers said they were now making up the time.

The Queen and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are due to attend the opening ceremony which starts at 20:30 BST.

Crowds gathered in the market square in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, to watch the start of the relay and thousands more turned out overnight along the route to cheer on the torchbearers.